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Adjective: obviating  'ób-vee,ey-ting
  1. Made impossible
    - preclusive
Verb: obviate  'ób-vee,eyt
  1. Get rid of something
    - rid of, eliminate
     
  2. Prevent the occurrence of; prevent from happening; to protect from or to keep away anything undesirable; to ward off
    - debar, forefend, forfend, deflect, avert, head off, stave off, fend off, avoid, ward off

See also: preventative, preventive

Type of: forbid, foreclose, forestall, preclude, prevent

Antonym: take